Walls of Ston

The Walls of Ston (Croatian: Stonske zidine) are a series of defensive stone walls, originally more than 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long, that surrounded and protected the city of Ston, in Dalmatia, part of the Republic of Ragusa, in what is now southern Croatia. Their construction was begun in 1358. On the Field Gate of the Walls (Poljska vrata) there is a Latin inscription which dates from 1506. Today, it is among the longest preserved fortification systems in the world.

The Walls of Ston were known as the "European Great Wall of China".

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Walls of Ston ranks #893 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #6 of the 60 mapped in Croatia. Founded 1358, it is older than 57% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 582 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 6,818 times in the last 60 days, more than 88% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 23 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Dalmatia. See how Croatia compares in the castle statistics.

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